Arise o’young people of Nigeria. Wake up and smell the coffee. The time has come for us to take charge of our own destinies. The time has come for us to lift one another up with love and resilience. Our leaders have failed us. It is now up to us…

If the many issues and concerns that have been highlighted and well considered, comprehensively engaged and tackled, both at the institutional level and that of the political leadership that motivates its processes, I have no doubt that the Nigerian Civil Service is still uniquely positioned to deliver on and deepen…

Now we have pushed our young people and they are organising and pushing back, to seize the space. It was as Kofi Anan said: “if governments do not listen to their people, they will hear from them”. Surely, Senator Adeyeye’s advice to his colleague is solid logic; “if you are…

It is about addressing an emerging need in the polity, after witnessing more than seven thousand youth troop out to canvass support for the #NotTooYoungToRun bill in insurgency-ravaged Yobe and Borno States. It is about entrenching true democracy – the choice of the people, who have spoken loud and clear…

Nigerian youth. Stand up. Take charge. Chart a new course for yourselves and country. Dump the corrosive hate, abuse and violence of your forebears. It is time to reach across the political, ethnic and religious aisle to hold the hands of your brothers. It is time to forge cross-country alliances,…

Yet, much of the local discourse has had what passes for millennials in Nigeria bemoaning how they have failed to replicate the dynamics that we have seen And there has been a sizeable contingent that would blame the incompetent organisation of the Nigerian state on the profusion of doddery old…

This recession is a blessing in disguise for our nation, especially for our With the right attitude, programmes and policies, this recession can inspire and propel our nation to greatness, forcing us to think inside and outside of our boxes and work on ourselves as we create new products and…

“My thoughts and prayer go out to the friends and families of the dead corps members and I hope that their deaths will bring the change that we need; that we can say at last, enough is enough and stop the collective bleeding of our hearts.” On Saturday, I received…

The enormous strides the country is recording currently on the global scene through the various inspired tech start-ups initiated by some Nigeria youth is sufficient to trumpet possibilities and the can-do spirit of our youth in the face of crippling or even almost non-existent state support. Africa’s youth population, according…

If we collectively resolve to make change begin with us by reversing elite parenting, the positive results will feed into every other sector of our national life. No matter how tempting it is, this is one change that we cannot afford to live in Buhari’s hands. It must begin with…